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Otzi the Iceman word search with archaeology terms: carbon dating, tattoos, copperaxe, and the Otztal Valley.
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This 26-word Otzi word search introduces students in Grades 5–7 to one of archaeology's most famous discoveries. Hidden words span carbon dating, tattoos, copperaxe, and the Otztal Valley, covering the Neolithic mummy's tools, location, and the methods used to study him. Use it in a social studies or archaeology unit, as a sub-plan activity, or as a template for other historical-discovery puzzles.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Archaeology
Grade Level:
5th – 7th Grades
Updated July 2018

Word List

  • DOLOMITES
  • ALPS
  • BEFORECOMMONERA
  • OTZI
  • COMMONERA
  • COPPERAGE
  • ICEMAN
  • NEOLITHIC
  • MUMMIFIED
  • UNIQUE
  • CARBONDATING
  • DNA
  • TATTOOS
  • ARROWHEAD
  • FLINTDAGGER
  • QUIVER
  • COPPERAXE
  • OTZTALVALLEY
  • BCE
  • CE
  • ITALY
  • AUSTRIA
  • ARCHEOLOGY
  • EXCVATE
  • GULLY
  • CREVICE

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